"We are able to measure the local dark matter density using direct acceleration measurements for the first time." ...

A new NASA space observatory is scheduled to launch into orbit Sunday on a lofty mission to map more than 450 million ...

The Oort cloud is a shell of icy objects that forms the very outskirts of our Solar System. Recently, a group of researchers ...

Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way indicate there could be a supermassive black hole in the neighboring Large Magellanic ...

Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it's so incredibly vast? One of the most powerful ...

To attend the virtual shows, the Zoom software must be installed on the viewer’s computer. A free download is available at zoom.com. "The shows include the chance to chat with the planetarium ...

The space telescope Gaia has created the largest three-dimensional map of the Milky Way ever. On January 15, 2025, Gaia shut ...

A Gaia ID is unique to every Google account. It’s an identifier that’s used across all of the Google products on someone’s account. So, your ID is used in Docs, Gmail, Sheets, Maps ...

By using a novel technique called field-level inference (FLI), scientists have discovered previously hidden details in 3D galaxy maps. This method preserves the three-dimensional nature of the ...

Some merge, others drift past one another, but few experience a direct impact through the core. Recently, the Bullseye galaxy, officially known as LEDA 1313424, has revealed a stunning cosmic event.

The wobble was recorded in data from the Gaia telescope, which has been building the largest, most precise three-dimensional map of our galaxy. A planet in orbit around a star creates a tiny ...

The planet is the fourth world to be spotted in data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission, which was designed to map a billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy, cataloguing their masses ...